Anatomy Flashcards
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Axial Skeleton
bones of head, neck and trunk (80 bones)
Appendicular Skeleton
bones of limbs (including pectoral and girdle)
Compact Bone
dense bone, forms outer shell of all bone, microscopic canals containing nerves and blood vessels
Spongy Bone (Trabecular)
trabecular aligned to assist with weight bearing, lines of compressive stress and lines of tensile stress. filled with bone marrow
Long bones
longer than they are wide, bear a lot of weight
Short bones
width and length similar, stability and support
Flat bones
thin, flattened. protect vital organs
irregular bones
dont fit in other categories (vertebrae)
What is the periosteum and what does it do?
It is a tough connective tissue sheath that nourishes external aspects of the skeletal tissue and can lay down more bone, contains perforating fibres
What does Medullary Cavity contain?
Yellow bone marrow and blood vessels
How do blood vessels enter and exit bones
vascular formina
Which artery does the diaphysis have? And what does is divide into
Single large nutrient arteries that divides into superior and inferior medullary branches, also receives small periosteal arteries
What artery/ies does the end of a developing bone recieve?
metaphyseal and epiphyseal arteries
Does the Articular cartilaginous plate have veins/arteries?
No, it is avascular
Name the two types of ossification
Intramembranous and Endochondral
What is Intramembranous ossification?
directly from mesenchyme, forms during embryonic period, direct in foetal development
What is endochondral ossification?
Cartilage models of bones form from mesenchyme, bone replaces cartilage
Which bones use endochondral ossification?
All bones below base of skull, except clavicle
Blood vessels have (no.) _____ surrounding the _____
3 layers (tunics), lumen
What are the three layers surrounding the lumen of a blood vessel?
Tunica intima, tunica media and tunica adventitia
Describe components of the tunica intima
contains endothelium and is responsible for gases
Describe components of the tunica media
most variable in all the vessels, thick smooth muscle and is responsible for blood flow
Describe components of tunica adventitia
outermost connective tissue, responsible for anchoring and integrating to other structures
Name the types of arteries and arterial brances
large elastic arteries, medium muscular arteries and small arteries and arterioles
What is the role of anastomoses?
To provide communication between multiple branches of an artery acting as a detour circuit in case of obstruction etc.
Name the three types of veins
venules, medium veins and large veins
Function of venules
combine to form venous plexuses
Function of medium veins
drain venous plexuses, accompany medium arteries and contain valves where blood flow opposes gravity
Makeup of large veins
wide bundles of longitudinal smooth muscle, well-developed adventitia, smooth blood flow
Comparison between anatomical components between arteries and veins
tunica media in veins are thinner than arteries however the diameter and lumens are larger in veins than arteries
Describe some features of capillaries
small, only made of endothelial layer and basal lamina. arranged into capillary beds that connect arterioles and venules
What are the three ways of venous return
- blood pressure within vascular sheaths (vascular venous pump)
- contraction of skeletal muscle (musculovenous pump)
- oscillation of intrathoracic pressure caused by respiration (thoracic venous pump)
Describe the process of vascular venous pump
vascular sheaths encasing arteries and veins are resistant to pressure, so when arteries pump the veins are flattened against walls of sheath promoting the flow of blood back to the heart
Describe the process of musculovenous pump
expansion and contraction of muscles pumps the blood in veins due to the fascia (limits) to the heart
Describe the process of thoracic venous pump
Diapraghm ascends and descended shortening and lengthening the SVC and IVC, filling and emptying
Describe the functional role of lymph vessels
clear interstitial spaces of surplus fluid, leaked plasma proteins, cellular debris, carries lipids and returns lymphocytes from lymph organs to blood
Explain the organisation of lymphatic vascular system
superficial and deep lymph capillaries - and organ specific. collector lymph vessels are structurally similar to medium veins, walls and valves
Name the major sites of lymph nodes
cervical nodes, axillary nodes, deep nodes, pericranial ring, tracheal nodes, inguinal nodes, femoral nodes
Describe the role of lymph nodes
acts as a filter to trap things in lymph and defend against foreign antigens, will be enlarged and tender when fighting infection
Describe the process of lymph flow
Lymph capillaries -> collector vessels -> larger and merging -> large lymph vessels enter lymphatic trunks -> unite to form right lymphatic duct and thoracic duct -> duct drains into venous system at the neck
Name 4 differences between germ and somatic cells
germ cells: reproductive, meosis and mitosis, creates gametes, haploid
somatic cells: not reproductive, mitosis only, everything else, diploid
6 types of cell behaviours
- Cell specification
- Cell differentiation
- Cell-cell communication
- Cell shape changes
- Cell proliferation
- Cell death
what is cell specification?
fate is specified but can be reversed in new environment
what is cell determination?
a cell has an irreversible fate
what are the two main principles of pattern formation?
Sequential induction
- Development of various tissues and organs
Two signalling centres
Forming limbs etc. whether something is proximal or distal or anterior or posterior
what is sequential induction?
type of cell pattern formation (embryology) Development of various tissues and organs
what is referred to when using the term ‘two signalling centres’?
type of cell pattern formation (embryology) Forming limbs etc. whether something is proximal or distal or anterior or posterior